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Common Names
California Poppy
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Subspecies
californica
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESCHOLININE | 0 | Root | 116.0 | 186.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCHSCHOLTZIDINE | 0 | Plant | not available | 11.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCHSCHOLTZIDINE | 0 | Root | not available | 2500.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ESCHSCHOLTZINE | 0 | Flower | not available | 150.4 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCHSCHOLTZINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCHSCHOLTZINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCHSCHOLTZINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCHSCHOLTZINE-N-OXIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | 203.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCHSCHOLTZIONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCHSCHOLTZXANTHIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ESCOLZINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESHOLINE | 0 | Root | not available | 143.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | not available | 468000.0 | 1.07 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FUMARIC-ACID | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| FUMARINE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| GLAUCINE | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HCN | 9 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| HUNNEMANINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IONIDINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOCORYDINE | 5 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antigonadotrophic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonorrhea | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihematuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990. |
| Antihepatomic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 198. |
| Antihistaminic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiischemic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antileishmanic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilipogenic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antilymphomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimalarial | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |